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Management of congenital complete heart block in a low‐birth‐weight infant
Author(s) -
Nakanishi Keisuke,
Takahashi Ken,
Kawasaki Shiori,
Fukunaga Hideo,
Amano Atsushi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12824
Subject(s) - medicine , heart block , low birth weight , block (permutation group theory) , pediatrics , body weight , permanent pacemaker , cardiology , electrocardiography , pregnancy , geometry , mathematics , biology , genetics
Pacemaker implantation in infants during the early postnatal period is difficult because of their small body size and susceptibility to infection. We describe the successful pacemaker implantation for complete heart block in an infant weighing 803 g.